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20 Decomposing Bodies Hidden Behind Door at Colorado Funeral Home for 15 Years, Owner Admits Giving Fake Remains to Families

“The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies’ (DORA) Division of Professions and Occupations recently conducted an annual ...

20 bodies 'or so' found rotting in 'regular room' at coroner's private mortuary, has been sending fake ashes to mourners for years: Officials

A county coroner in Colorado has been accused of stowing bodies inside his private mortuary for years — with "around 20 or so ...

Inspection that found decomposing bodies in Pueblo mortuary was 1st under new Colorado law

An inspection that found decomposing bodies in a hidden room of Pueblo Coroner Brian Cotter's mortuary wouldn't have happened ...

'We're all suffering': Families express grief, anger at mistreatment of loved ones' remains

Pueblo families gathered at a candlelight vigil on Aug. 21 after a state inspection found decomposing bodies in a concealed ...

Pueblo families concerned loved ones weren’t really cremated amidst funeral home scandal

Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter is being accused of hiding decomposing bodies in the Davis Mortuary, which he co-owns ...

Colorado funeral home investigated after 20 bodies found decomposing, some for over a decade, behind hidden door

Colorado state inspectors discovered roughly 20 decomposing bodies stashed in a hidden room of a funeral home manned by a ...
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'20 bodies or so' found behind 'hidden' door at Pueblo County coroner's private business

A funeral home operated by the Pueblo County coroner is suspended, according to documents from the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA).
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Dozens of families gather to grieve together after county coroner is accused of hiding bodies

After the news of Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter being accused of hiding bodies in a secret room of his privately-owned ...

Inspectors find numerous decomposing bodies behind hidden door at Colorado funeral home

Inspectors found about 20 bodies at a funeral home owned by a county coroner, who told them he may have given fake ashes to ...

Colorado inspectors: '20 or so’ decomposing bodies reported in Pueblo coroner’s mortuary

Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter is facing a criminal investigation after state inspectors allegedly found improperly stored bodies in various stages of decomposition in a concealed room of his ...